Hi,
2009/1/16 David Lubkin <[email protected]>
> I'm an ancient UNIX hand and I've been wrangling DBs for even
> longer, but am new to MediaWiki. So I know how to accomplish
> what I want to do, but not what ways go with the flow.
>
> I have content in other formats that I'm importing as articles and
> sections. The original authors of that content will be users in the
> wiki. I want the author in the MW database for an edit I'm importing
> to be the original author, not the sysop, a bot, or 0.
>
> Occasionally, I may need to edit as someone else, e.g., so that
> ~~~~ expands to them, not me.
>
I'm a MW beginner as well, but AFAIK the ~~~~ is converted to text upon
save, so you could just enter the actual result-text immediately as well (if
you know the author, you can also know the user name/nickname that replaces
the ~~~~.
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Regards,
Jean-Marc
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